Elton John has been a lifelong fan of Watford FC. He became director and chairman in 1976 and within eight years, the club was in the FA Cup Final. He sold the club in the late 80s to concentrate on his then-failing personal life. He rebought it in 1997, stepped down again in 2002, but is still a stakeholder.
@@drvillainghosttalker he basically built the club they'd always been a lower keage club until his funding to the squad and ground enabled them to finish 2nd in their first ever top flight season
Good choice for number 1 😊 I’m an Albion fan and I love the traditional look of the stadium. Legend has it the name The Hawthorns was a nickname due to the ground being full of hawthorn bushes before it was built and the name stuck
I am a 51 year old Albion fan too and although I love the Hawthornes I still say it's too small. The Halfords lane stand is tiny and it should have another tier added. Yes I understand that due to the main road we are limited to space. However it's not impossible for it to be extended especially with modern engineering. Another option would be to extend both corners that are either side to the Main stand. Preferably I'd love to see both of my ideas come to be a reality. But I have to say that I wouldn't ever want to leave the Hawthornes for a new ground.
Love these videos and the commentary always makes me laugh 🤣. Interesting adding the Liver building at the end, maybe a nod to EFC who have offices in the building and how they look destined to be relegated to the championship 👍😉
Great stuff, it's interesting to note, that practically every team in the Championship, has played in the top-tier, English Premiership League (EPL) within the last decade or so, but the fans, they still love their club, whether they are in the EPL or not, sometimes taking longer than expected to climb back to the "first grade", with teams like Leeds United having been successful for a while, then dropping, and a decade and a half later, clawing their way back, THIS IS FOOTBALL, THIS IS "COMPETITION", THIS IS A "CONTEST", THIS IS SPORT, of course, so long they are playing "genuinely", and not play-acting.
Thanks for the video. Some interesting rankings! The away stand at Blackpool is absolutely disgusting. Lack of turnstiles and toilets. The sea guls love it though.
Pretty good order but Kenilworth Road should be higher, not only is it a really unique stadium but your commentary on that one was great so you set a really high standard that was always going to be hard to top right off the bat. I think the Huddersfield one should be near the bottom along with St. Andrew's, hard to argue with the rest of your rankings otherwise.
7:30 Wasn't this club that their owners wanted to do a full rebrand? They wanted to change the team colour from blue to red, and the animal on the crest from a bird to a dragon. The fans hated it and they brought it back as it was.
That’s right, the Malaysian owner saw red as good luck as well as the dragon hence the “reason” for the change so for 2 and a half seasons they was playing in red under the rebrand. Cardiff fans protested ever since when eventually the owner sat down with the supporters club and others which resulted in Cardiff going back to blue and the following season had the club badge changed. First game home game back after the decision was made to go back to blue was a win against Fulham
didn't expect the Coventry stadium to get too high but i think it should be noted that Wasps Rugby ni longer owns the ground. it is now owned by of all people Mike Ashley.
supprised bloomfield rd was so high once the expansion is done in 24 might be higher, he didnt notice the hotel either or the stand named after a legend
That stand ain’t ever getting built pal, agent Appleton has relegated you so we won’t be seeing you or that shed you call a stadium for the foreseeable 🥰
Nice to see Rotherham at no6. Lovely little ground and fantastic atmosphere but I would personally have put Sunderland much higher, again lovely ground and great atmosphere.
Surely the narrator's first trip into Wales was into Swansea? I like the stadiums tucked into victorian streets, rather than the out of town places, but the Sunderland stadium is obviously the best.
TBH having watched matches at the DW I can say its quite poor for a "modern" stadium. The concourses are way to sterile and cramped. the bars are to small and understaffed. The bowl feels very much a just do it thing. For both football and rugby it feels very lacking in atmosphere. The away end is one of the largest in the league at a full capacity of 5,400. You can really see where the newest stand at Deepdale PNE was ment to be bigger than it ended up being with the roof trusses and the side stantions. Could easy have been a 25-28k Stadium all in.
haha i love kenny road, home of my beloved hatters. the away fans go through a terraced house to get to the stand. which is also a row od terraced houses. we need a new home, the cameras on tv are very kind with their placement lol
@@davidspear9790 you have no idea Dave haha. the old bobbers stand had it's seats ripped out in 1986 and it looks f**king awful. they wanted money instead of more support. we've been seeking a new ground since 1955 ffs
Why are the photos of Backpool's stadium copyrighted to Swansea, and those of Swansea's stadium copyrighted to Blackpool? Does each club own the stock photos of the others ground? Let the truth be known......
I know it’s your opinion Some were questionable 😂 Middlesbrough have the second biggest capacity stadium in the league Swansea is in wales too For Coventry the rugby team don’t play there anymore Do league one and league two Nice video
Thinking a bit about what other rankings are out there ‘Wide’ , What about events you would like to see in what stadium For example The Old Firm and the Old Farm games- swap the venues round but don’t tell the fans 🤔 An MLB game at the MCG and using all the field size imagine needing to hit 575 feet for a hr The State of Origin games in the UK naturally the Blues would play at Cardiff Arms Park and the Maroons would play their game in England as up until recently we were a Queensland ! An NBA game at Arthur Ashe ? The Calcutta cup game in Eden Gardens Calcutta obs! The South Sydney Rabbitohs v The Sydney Roosters in Madison Square Garden seconds out round 1 🤕 🥊 Just a few to get you started
And now Luton Town are 1 game from the premier league. Will the worst stadium (no doubt about that, although it does have that old-time football atmosphere) in the EFL Championship house a Premier League club? Tune in next week.
The John Smith’s Stadium gets its name from a brand of beer. Strip away the sponsor and it would be called the Kirklees Stadium. For that one reason alone, the naming rights should be given away for free if required.
English Championship but there are two teams from Wales who play in it. There are two other teams that play in English leagues from Wales. Wrexham and Newport GLC.
Been to nearly half these grounds and I'd definitely have Bramall Lane in the top 3, possibly even number 1. Also think you've been VERY generous to St Andrew's
Not to be a tattle-tale. There’s “reactor” channel called British Guy that used your entire 2022 MLB stadium video. Guy used your entire video and gave you no credit to build up his base. Do with this info what you wish. Thanks for videos.
Luton stadium shouldn`t be ranked last. It has charm and his own identity. Some stadiums look boring, like the one in Middlesbrough. A modern cookie cutter stadium like many other....
As a Huddersfield fan I'll be looking forward to see how high you'll be rating our stadium in league 1 next season 🫤 It's a shame you didn't use the more up to date pictures where the red seating is replaced by white with the blue astro turf edging around the pitch.
I wish they'd join up the main stand with the rest of it, it doesn't look right having three stands all joined and then the one main stand just on its own.
Ah, the English can afford to call Kenilworth the best one, while in the comfort of their other top quality stadiums, all this while supporters in other countries only dream of such a high number of "bland" stadiums.
CBS in Coventry might be the nicest thing in (more outside the city, like 20 miles outside) the city. Such a glum, depressing and underfunded city with rife poverty. Genuinely one of the worst places I've ever been to. I was born near Loftus Road!
"Cardiff City Stadium, we have our first entry across the channel in Wales" Swansea was at 14 🤣
I was gonna say is Swansea not Welsh?
Yeah, that was a bit of a howler........
Caught that too, but nobody's perfect. 😇
Pobody's Nerfect
That was the joke
Elton John has been a lifelong fan of Watford FC. He became director and chairman in 1976 and within eight years, the club was in the FA Cup Final. He sold the club in the late 80s to concentrate on his then-failing personal life. He rebought it in 1997, stepped down again in 2002, but is still a stakeholder.
He put a lot of his money into the club too
Facts, remember the Nikita videoclip
@@drvillainghosttalker he basically built the club they'd always been a lower keage club until his funding to the squad and ground enabled them to finish 2nd in their first ever top flight season
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who appreciates architecture and finds stadiums uniquely beautiful
Really enjoy these. Well done. Would love to see you do Irish GAA County grounds if it were possible
Kenilworth road is a great stadium, has tones of character , a dying breed in the current game
LOL! The dry humor is what makes these videos.
The commentary was hilarious! Love it lol
Good choice for number 1 😊 I’m an Albion fan and I love the traditional look of the stadium. Legend has it the name The Hawthorns was a nickname due to the ground being full of hawthorn bushes before it was built and the name stuck
I am a 51 year old Albion fan too and although I love the Hawthornes I still say it's too small. The Halfords lane stand is tiny and it should have another tier added. Yes I understand that due to the main road we are limited to space. However it's not impossible for it to be extended especially with modern engineering. Another option would be to extend both corners that are either side to the Main stand. Preferably I'd love to see both of my ideas come to be a reality. But I have to say that I wouldn't ever want to leave the Hawthornes for a new ground.
Can you do national league north and south stadiums please
Amazing Video! Can you do the WCC arenas next?
Good video as always.
I would love to see a ranking video of 2. Bundesliga stadiums!
Love these videos and the commentary always makes me laugh 🤣. Interesting adding the Liver building at the end, maybe a nod to EFC who have offices in the building and how they look destined to be relegated to the championship 👍😉
Kenilworth Rd is the only proper stadium! Class! 👌
I hope to see you in the Premier League next season.....Just don't get Nathan Jones back 🤣💪👍
Great stuff, it's interesting to note, that practically every team in the Championship, has played in the top-tier,
English Premiership League (EPL) within the last decade or so, but the fans, they still love their club, whether
they are in the EPL or not, sometimes taking longer than expected to climb back to the "first grade", with teams
like Leeds United having been successful for a while, then dropping, and a decade and a half later, clawing their
way back, THIS IS FOOTBALL, THIS IS "COMPETITION", THIS IS A "CONTEST", THIS IS SPORT, of course, so long
they are playing "genuinely", and not play-acting.
Great video! Looking forward to when you rank the big 12 football stadiums!
CBS Arena is no longer owned by a rugby club...they went bust and it's now owned by Mike Ashley
And no one local calls it the cbs arena.
Thanks for the video. Some interesting rankings! The away stand at Blackpool is absolutely disgusting. Lack of turnstiles and toilets. The sea guls love it though.
Did TH-cam make you take the Türkiye video down?
Well spotted
Pretty good order but Kenilworth Road should be higher, not only is it a really unique stadium but your commentary on that one was great so you set a really high standard that was always going to be hard to top right off the bat. I think the Huddersfield one should be near the bottom along with St. Andrew's, hard to argue with the rest of your rankings otherwise.
You should do the three CHL leagues (OHL, WHL, and WMJHL) the ECHL and the SHL
Thr New York bit is peak comedic gold 🥇
7:30 Wasn't this club that their owners wanted to do a full rebrand? They wanted to change the team colour from blue to red, and the animal on the crest from a bird to a dragon. The fans hated it and they brought it back as it was.
That’s right, the Malaysian owner saw red as good luck as well as the dragon hence the “reason” for the change so for 2 and a half seasons they was playing in red under the rebrand. Cardiff fans protested ever since when eventually the owner sat down with the supporters club and others which resulted in Cardiff going back to blue and the following season had the club badge changed. First game home game back after the decision was made to go back to blue was a win against Fulham
SoL at 7th, you must be having a laugh!
honestly cant believe you wouldn't have the stadium of light number 1 lol
I've been to both Riverside Stadium and Stadium of Light, good grounds.
didn't expect the Coventry stadium to get too high but i think it should be noted that Wasps Rugby ni longer owns the ground. it is now owned by of all people Mike Ashley.
supprised bloomfield rd was so high once the expansion is done in 24 might be higher, he didnt notice the hotel either or the stand named after a legend
That stand ain’t ever getting built pal, agent Appleton has relegated you so we won’t be seeing you or that shed you call a stadium for the foreseeable 🥰
@@Harry-kq9nt plans been approved money is there work starts end of season
DW Stadium is also quite criticised as a rugby league stadium. It's about twice the size it needs to be.
The Hawthorns also has a Greggs Bakery in the car park.
It was better when it was the Hawthorns pub , many an enjoyable afternoon spent in there till the game started .
7:20 Swansea is in Wales too 😂😂
You can tell that there was a last minute change in the order.
As someone who’s been to all the stadiums in this division. This list is miles off.
Have u ever done USL stadiums?
Why?
The Hawthorns. Great. Witnessed man his young son ejected by Police. Both sets of fans WBA and PNE booed. Great video.
Nice to see Rotherham at no6. Lovely little ground and fantastic atmosphere but I would personally have put Sunderland much higher, again lovely ground and great atmosphere.
can you rank the leauge 1 stadiums please im a bolton wanderers fan and would like to know what you think of it
Sinking last I heard lol
@@mudhutter8982 ?
How would you rank Goodison Park? We'll be in the Championship next year 😭
excellent! can you do league 1 eventually?
Definitely a secret mag you! How can you put the stadium of light 7th? It’s by far the best stadium in the league 😂
It's the biggest yeah but aesthetically it's boring to look at.
@@TFSporkoo I disagree
in honor of baseball season starting again would you please rank mlb stadiums in the future
the CBS Arena is no longer owned by waps rfc, its now owned by former newcastle owner mike ashley's fraser group
Can u do league 1
Yeah
Came for the stadiums.
Stayed for the dad jokes.
The cbs ain’t owned by a rugby club anymore. It was sold in around November and bought by Mike Ashley former Newcastle owner
How do you rank these?
How do you think Loftus road is better than the den? What you smoking? And you say 80's when it opened in 93.
It would be interesting to factor in the ownership of the ground. If the club doesn't own it, is it really their ground?
Next video you should do every NCAA D1 basketball tournament arena!
Surely the narrator's first trip into Wales was into Swansea? I like the stadiums tucked into victorian streets, rather than the out of town places, but the Sunderland stadium is obviously the best.
You should do the NAIA football stadiums
TBH having watched matches at the DW I can say its quite poor for a "modern" stadium. The concourses are way to sterile and cramped. the bars are to small and understaffed. The bowl feels very much a just do it thing. For both football and rugby it feels very lacking in atmosphere. The away end is one of the largest in the league at a full capacity of 5,400.
You can really see where the newest stand at Deepdale PNE was ment to be bigger than it ended up being with the roof trusses and the side stantions. Could easy have been a 25-28k Stadium all in.
Wasps Rugby went bust, and the stadium was sold, but not to Coventry City. The demise of the rugby club also saw the demise of the netball team.
When I clicked on the video I knew we would be last
You'll be able to add neverton's new stadium next season 😜👍
haha i love kenny road, home of my beloved hatters. the away fans go through a terraced house to get to the stand. which is also a row od terraced houses.
we need a new home, the cameras on tv are very kind with their placement lol
At least you get a view of the crowd now, instead of that awful single tier executive box stand!
@@davidspear9790 you have no idea Dave haha. the old bobbers stand had it's seats ripped out in 1986 and it looks f**king awful. they wanted money instead of more support.
we've been seeking a new ground since 1955 ffs
@@mowvu Didn't Millwall fans do half of the work in 1985?!!
@@davidspear9790 they fookin did aye😂nobheads. other club's firms showed up as well haha.
think luton chairman actually banned away fans for a bit
The John Smith's is called as such because it's sponsored by an brewery called John Smith's.
Why are the photos of Backpool's stadium copyrighted to Swansea, and those of Swansea's stadium copyrighted to Blackpool? Does each club own the stock photos of the others ground? Let the truth be known......
i think someone screwed up
I know it’s your opinion
Some were questionable 😂
Middlesbrough have the second biggest capacity stadium in the league
Swansea is in wales too
For Coventry the rugby team don’t play there anymore
Do league one and league two
Nice video
I have a feeling that alot of the clips used where recorded time ago. Plus Not recorded in order either. So continuity is out the window as per usual.
@@Foxstar1387 yeah I wasn’t hating
Some mentions were funny
@@BALHAM69 he's always got some funny stuff to say or is sometimes alil off with stats.
Has West Glamorgan fallen off and floated away?
Loftus Road should be much further down. If you like 2 inches of leg room in the away end you might disagree
Yeah @smiv has a video review of Loftus Road and it makes Fenway Park here in the states look positively spacious.
Despite the negatives I loved my trip to Loftus Road. Though we lost 3-0.
Thinking a bit about what other rankings are out there ‘Wide’ , What about events you would like to see in what stadium
For example
The Old Firm and the Old Farm games- swap the venues round but don’t tell the fans 🤔
An MLB game at the MCG and using all the field size imagine needing to hit 575 feet for a hr
The State of Origin games in the UK naturally the Blues would play at Cardiff Arms Park and the Maroons would play their game in England as up until recently we were a Queensland !
An NBA game at Arthur Ashe ?
The Calcutta cup game in Eden Gardens Calcutta obs!
The South Sydney Rabbitohs v The Sydney Roosters in Madison Square Garden seconds out round 1 🤕 🥊
Just a few to get you started
Do National Lacrosse League arenas please 🙏🏻
Reading's stadium should be lower speaking from experience. The seating is unecessarily steep towards the top.
And now Luton Town are 1 game from the premier league. Will the worst stadium (no doubt about that, although it does have that old-time football atmosphere) in the EFL Championship house a Premier League club? Tune in next week.
West Brom?
At least we're top of something this year. Lai out!
We may still get in to the top 6 finish. Boing boing. 👍🏼🏴🇬🇧🏴☝️
You know Swansea is in Wales too right?
I guess he recorded it before knowing the order he'd put them in
It was a joke!
Elton John's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Why did he change his name for music?
@odrstorodeos I don't know, but Reg Dwight isn't the best option.
Wigan Kebab is pie on a barm, not Donna btw,... Cardiff across the channel sounds so much better also. Great vid 👍👍👍
The John Smith’s Stadium gets its name from a brand of beer. Strip away the sponsor and it would be called the Kirklees Stadium. For that one reason alone, the naming rights should be given away for free if required.
Still can't help calling it the galpharm tbh
McAlpine stadium is what I still call it. Infact the main Huddersfield fans forum is still called Down at the Mac
Should have been named the WARDROBE originally, It's a collection of............
coat hangers 👍😂
New York Stadium.... should rank it AFTER the pitch gets flooded and away fans miss out on a crucial 1=0 lead as a result
Is this league Scotland and Wales 🏴?
English Championship but there are two teams from Wales who play in it. There are two other teams that play in English leagues from Wales. Wrexham and Newport GLC.
@@neilwhitaker6284 Merthyr too
@@tomosprice8136 thumbs up I had to look them up. They are Southern League Premier Division South for anybody else interested :)
Have you actually been to many of these? Clearly not The Den. Also - didn’t fancy using every stadiums actual name?
We also need more of African stadiums, if there are any😂
Equatorial Guinea has half of the decent ones :)
Stay of the weed Dalmas, Morocco is in a bid for 2030, South Africa held it in 2010
Cardiff was not the 1st one in the video from wales, Swansea is in Wales
That was a joke, its also not across the channel
@@paulnicholasadams it is across the channel, the Bristol Channel
When you said Cardiff City stadium. You made a mistake. You said this was the first entry from Wales. Swansea City are also Welsh
Been to nearly half these grounds and I'd definitely have Bramall Lane in the top 3, possibly even number 1. Also think you've been VERY generous to St Andrew's
Horrible away end, bottom tier view is terrible, stadium is mid matched
The Hawthorns a worthy number 1 COYB 🙌
Not to be a tattle-tale. There’s “reactor” channel called British Guy that used your entire 2022 MLB stadium video. Guy used your entire video and gave you no credit to build up his base. Do with this info what you wish.
Thanks for videos.
He’s used a lot of wides videos in his reactions
Swansea.... you guys should look up Cyril the Swan. One of the craziest batshit things that have happened in footy
Do Finnish stadiums, please!
Luton stadium shouldn`t be ranked last. It has charm and his own identity. Some stadiums look boring, like the one in Middlesbrough. A modern cookie cutter stadium like many other....
i want to go to englandland now
wigans kebabs are pies on a bun mate, not donna kebab
Wigan is known for its kebabs 🤣🤣🤣 nooo Wigan is known for its pies 🥧 and a Wigan kebab is a pie in a bap 😃 😃
Elton real name is Reginald Dwight
I stopped after the Kenny 😔
Youre right tho, the others are better 😭
Very cool up the tigers
Do this with liege one
As a Huddersfield fan I'll be looking forward to see how high you'll be rating our stadium in league 1 next season 🫤 It's a shame you didn't use the more up to date pictures where the red seating is replaced by white with the blue astro turf edging around the pitch.
Come on mighty hatters!!!!!!
I love Stoke’s stadium
I wish they'd join up the main stand with the rest of it, it doesn't look right having three stands all joined and then the one main stand just on its own.
Im not a luton fan but when i see there ground last i knew this guy knows nothing about football and what makes a ground good
What no mention of the Hawthorns being the highest ground above sea level 😂
Commenting on a video twice
wigan kebab is a meat pie on a buttered bread barm its isnt a doner kebab haha
Cbs arena isn't owned by a Rugby club anymore
Ah, the English can afford to call Kenilworth the best one, while in the comfort of their other top quality stadiums, all this while supporters in other countries only dream of such a high number of "bland" stadiums.
CBS in Coventry might be the nicest thing in (more outside the city, like 20 miles outside) the city. Such a glum, depressing and underfunded city with rife poverty. Genuinely one of the worst places I've ever been to.
I was born near Loftus Road!
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Wasps do not own the ground at coventry anymore